Campaspe Artists Studio Trail

My studio is nestled in the garden of my home in the main street of Rushworth, a small historic goldmining town on the edge of the Rushworth Heathcote State Forest.

I am perhaps best known for my quirky spotted guinea fowl series and anthropomorphic bird women sculptures, many of which can be found in private homes, gardens, and businesses throughout Australia.

My love of birds and use of winged creatures as muse and metaphor coupled with an ongoing love of porcelain and fine white stoneware clay, inspires all my works.

My subject matter is always inspired by the natural world and an investigative curiosity that seeks to reveal something of the sacred within the mundane.

Growing up in country Victoria surrounded by the ebb and flow of life in the wetlands on the family farm fascinated me as a child observing the evolution of ‘things’ and the continuum of life in the rich soup of the freshwater swamp. This formative experience which was not only experienced as a physical observation but felt deeply, is emotionally ingrained in my outlook on life and underpins my work.

Repeatedly using imagery and the character of ‘the bird’, I experience these creatures as inhabiting the space between earth and the heavens and feel that perhaps it is that the lightness of the wing allows my mind to soar.